If capital punishment pleases God then it's a good thing.
If capital punishment displeases God then it's a bad thing.
But my guess is that God isn't usually paying much attention to this planet. Or rather ,he is always paying attention to it but only a small proportion of his attention is directed to it (IOW the portion of God that resides within us on this planet is absolutely tiny compared to the rest of the universe that God resides in) .... so it's probably very close to morally neutral really.
What we do on this planet doesn't *particularly* matter.
But as our world is full of cruelty my guess is that God may be what most people would consider 'evil' and God may be something like the God within the Old testament. This doesn't *actually* make God evil because objectively-speaking the truth of classical utilitarian + his existence says that his happiness is all that matters because it outweighs all beings on this planet put together. If God is labelled 'sadistic' or 'evil' for enjoying watching us rape and kill each other then that is not actually evil it's objectively good because it pleases God and that's what goodness objectively *is* under his existence + classical utilitarianism. I don't accept that the thought experiment of the 'utility monster' is a good argument against utilitarianism. If God is a 'monster' then he's a good monster. An ultimately good monster.
If capital punishment displeases God then it's a bad thing.
But my guess is that God isn't usually paying much attention to this planet. Or rather ,he is always paying attention to it but only a small proportion of his attention is directed to it (IOW the portion of God that resides within us on this planet is absolutely tiny compared to the rest of the universe that God resides in) .... so it's probably very close to morally neutral really.
What we do on this planet doesn't *particularly* matter.
But as our world is full of cruelty my guess is that God may be what most people would consider 'evil' and God may be something like the God within the Old testament. This doesn't *actually* make God evil because objectively-speaking the truth of classical utilitarian + his existence says that his happiness is all that matters because it outweighs all beings on this planet put together. If God is labelled 'sadistic' or 'evil' for enjoying watching us rape and kill each other then that is not actually evil it's objectively good because it pleases God and that's what goodness objectively *is* under his existence + classical utilitarianism. I don't accept that the thought experiment of the 'utility monster' is a good argument against utilitarianism. If God is a 'monster' then he's a good monster. An ultimately good monster.
